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Reaching Australia: Processes That Mediate Mobility

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Fluid Security in the Asia Pacific

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In this chapter we combine the research data from all four case studies to consider the processes that facilitate or hinder temporary migration into Australia and the capacity to stay. The chapter will provide rich qualitative data on the impact of Australian immigration policies on mobile populations and the roles played by a range of actors and by systemic factors that translate, facilitate or impede the operation of these policies. Processes that mediate mobility are discussed initially in relation to each of the case studies, and then common themes and contrasts across the case studies are drawn out in the conclusion.

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    Panchsheel is a term widely used in the Asian region that refers to five principles of peaceful coexistence often in reference to relations between nations.

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  1. University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, Australia

    Claudia Tazreiter

  2. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Leanne Weber, Sharon Pickering & Marie Segrave

  3. Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

    Helen McKernan

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Tazreiter, C., Weber, L., Pickering, S., Segrave, M., McKernan, H. (2016). Reaching Australia: Processes That Mediate Mobility. In: Fluid Security in the Asia Pacific. Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46596-2_8

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